Rosebery Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. E. side Slocan Lake, N. of New Denver, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

Rosebery: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Rosebery

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Rosebery

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Rosebery Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Rosebery

References to Rosebery that document the origin of its place name

"Rosebery (Post Office, Railway Station & Steamer Landing, population 100)" adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915 et seq. Rosebery (Station & Steamer Landing) confirmed 1 March 1956; form of name changed to Rosebery (Locality) 20 March 1989 on 82K/3.

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Rosebery Post Office was opened 1 September 1895; closed & re-opened several times before closing 1 September 1951. Was located in NW 1/4 of L298. Mis-spelled "Roseberry" in Post Offices of British Columbia by G.H. Melvin, 1965.

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Named after Sir Archibald Philip Primrose, Viscount of Rosebery, one-time a director of the CPR; Foreign Secretary in 1886; Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1894 and 1895. "The townsite at the mouth of Wilson Creek on Slocan Lake has been named Rosebery in honour of the Prime Minister of Great Britain" (The Tribune, 24 April 1894).

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Regional District of Central Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27